Tripoli airport was closed after missiles were fired at the runway and the control tower. An official of the Central Bank in Tripoli was kidnapped. A Tunisian diplomat was kidnapped in Tripoli on March 21. Staff blockaded the Military Intelligence headquarters in Tripoli to protest the appointment of Salah Badi, a former Air Force officer, as the new head. A colonel and a soldier were shot dead in separate attacks in Benghazi. Sebha airport has remained closed due to insecurity for the past three months.
